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106 – Here We Go Again

106 – Here We Go Again

After spending the entire weekend feeling like I was flying,

As soon as I arrived at work on time on Monday, the boss gave me some good news first.

“The producer agreed to hide your identity. He said it sounds interesting.”

The proposal to create the image that Another, a first generation member, not me, was chosen by CAT was accepted.

It’s only been a day since we talked about it, but it’s moving fast.

“Did you contact them today?”

“It’s better to contact them quickly. The longer we hesitate, the more unprepared we look.”

“That’s true.”

“They said to come up with a stage name. It’s better to pretend you’re a utaite about to debut, so think about it. That’s your specialty, right?”

I thought they might impose various conditions in exchange for accepting my request, but surprisingly they just told me to come up with a stage name.

I’m grateful for their generous understanding.

“I’m more of an expert in virtual YouTuber names… But many people have past lives as utaite, so it shouldn’t be difficult.”

“Right. For now, it’ll take some time for them to prepare the song, so just do your usual work while getting vocal training with the members for at least a month.”

“Okay.”

Virtual YouTuber naming conventions differ by group, but for our first generation, we borrowed the style used in Japan, the birthplace of VTubers.

Taking Akari Dora as an example, the surname Akari comes from her key color red, and the name Dora comes from dragon since her character setting is a laid-back dragon.

When you just use Dora alone, it oddly has a Korean feel to it, which is the point.

It’s meant to give the impression of inheriting authentic VTubers while localizing them to fit our country’s style.

I personally came up with these names hoping our members would become like the boss, who operates globally under the name Shirahoshi Momo.

However, for utaite, the trend is a bit different.

They usually use short, simple words that can be phonetically transcribed in Korean, Japanese, and English simultaneously.

I want to use something like the ‘F’ from F participant, but…

The only thing that comes to mind right now is something like ‘Fan-ssi’.

‘Well, there’s no rush.’

For now, I should focus on work.

I need to prepare for my stream next week when the members’ Valentine’s Day cover songs and new outfits will be revealed.

The boss told me to have a session where I play the game alone and show it to viewers before announcing the content to the audience.

Apparently, it will create buzz and make more people spread the fact that ‘F and Majiya are different people’.

It’s usually used a few weeks before participating in content like , casually hinting “I’m participating in that competition!” while already playing the game.

This time, I’m the one using it.

So today, I left Seungyeon alone in the monitoring room and went live.

[🔴Live) Parallel Broadcast Waiting Room] 👪7,814

#BattleColosseum #Parallel

— ?

— What’s this

— Is this your first time doing Battle Call on stream? lol

— Suddenly doing Battle Call?

Recently, as the members’ growth has become noticeable, each of their average viewer counts hovers around 6,000.

But I’m at around 8,000 right now.

Moreover, I’m barely talking because I’m focusing on the game, and it’s still 4 PM on a weekday.

It shows that interest in the recent illegal duet and F participant hasn’t died down yet.

The funny thing is, maybe because I’ve been seeing numbers in the tens of thousands lately, this number also oddly seemed small.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been rolling my eyes trying to catch trolls and malicious comments crossing the line in the rapidly rising chat, but the chat speed also feels oddly slow. Even though this is my first solo stream, it feels leisurely to the point of being relaxed.

Moreover, since all the managers from each room are gathered here before the members’ streams start, they don’t give me a chance to blind messages or ban users.

When did they all get so fast?

They used to all be slower than me before.

Anyway, with the environment supporting me, I can focus on the game, and my already limited talking decreases rapidly.

Maybe to get me to open my mouth, 1,000 won punches keep coming in.

However, maybe due to the recent influx of new viewers, it was full of people who didn’t know when I would react.

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: If it’s not rude, may I ask what wind blew in today that made you do Battle Call? ::

I ignored it since it wasn’t a question related to the members.

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Can I illegally participate now? ::

I ignored that since it’s up to the viewers to decide.

As long as they don’t try to crack my skull, and even if they try, I’ll crack theirs first.

:: Anonymous donor donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: The members’ chipped teeth have healed nicely thanks to Jia-nim ::

You’re banned.

I might understand comparing members to each other, but comparing them to me crosses the line.

Only positive comments are allowed on our streams.

Anyway, this situation continued until a 10,000 won donation came in after a long time.

:: Anonymous donor donated 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: When are the members’ streams starting today? ::

It felt like they were asking something they could just check the schedule for, but I let it slide since it was related to the members.

“Dora, Maru, and Rain at 7 PM. Komari at 8 PM. The boss is taking a break today as well…”

— lololololol

— Typical Momo simp, right?

— Hang in there, Mongsun…

— Momo, it’s too cold ㅠㅠㅠ

There’s definitely been a huge influx of new viewers recently.

Usually, after getting new viewers, there’s an adjustment period where they naturally start talking about the members instead of me. But before that could fully settle, another influx came in, causing this situation.

But I don’t dislike the new viewers.

Why? Because it’s thanks to these new viewers that our kids have grown so much.

Maru has 430,000 followers now?

Just a few months ago, it was 220,000.

[Parallel / PARALLEL]

@parallel_official | 260,000 followers

Official channel for VTuber group Parallel

Even the official channel, which had 140,000 followers before I started seriously running the situation room, now has 260,000 followers.

Since Ppajijik, the video posting platform, automatically syncs follow-subscribe with YouTube, that number is also the official YouTube subscriber count.

The view counts on videos compiling members’ monthly and weekly hot clips have more than doubled compared to before.

Thinking about how all this money earned is being reinvested into the members’ welfare and content makes me feel proud and my shoulders rise.

Anyway, after playing the game for about two and a half hours, I also cracked the skulls of viewers who illegally participated. (They immediately clipped it and started making stuff up, those bastards)

From when I felt I had done enough participation, I deliberately played ranked games.

— Wow

— The movement is really insane

— This is the signal flare for Battle Call

— How much did you hold back in competitive?

— How can you do this in comp?

— Really want to play ranked now

— This is dinner for today

— First time seeing it on individual screen but it’s crazy

— Can you even see anything? ㅋㅋ

— Really good at sniping

— Can you show the keyboard separately?

— It’s a VTuber, how could they ㅋㅋ

— Smoke grenade double jump is god and invincible!!!

I clearly showed my skills to the new viewers.

It was to let them know that the content I’m about to introduce is not just empty boasting, but a “game really worth playing”.

If I just said “I’ll do 2:87 with you all, and sing karaoke as punishment” without this process, what would happen?

Majiya is messing with us again with impossible conditions.

Look, she set vague conditions knowing she won’t follow through anyway.

That’s all people would say.

… It’s definitely not because I know from trying to insist on it to the boss.

Anyway, if I’ve shown enough, I should start talking about the content soon.

There’s an hour left until the members’ streams start, so I need to give the news in advance and leave to avoid affecting their streams unnecessarily.

“You know the first generation group cover song is coming out on Wednesday, and the new outfits on Friday, right?”

— Yeah yeah

— We know

— Yes

— Looking forward to it

“The cover song will be released at 8 PM on Wednesday, and on Friday, they’ll be revealed sequentially for an hour each starting at 6 PM. You already know what concept it is, right? We put a lot of effort into the new outfits, so please show them a lot of love.”

— ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— Of course no leaks

— Shh

“And the following Monday, we’re thinking of holding a small event to celebrate the new outfit release.”

— Huh?

— What else?

— There’s more?

— Parallel is working really hard these days;

I showed the PPT I had prepared in advance.

I was going to show a roughly made one, but Ra Seung-hyun, the team leader who suddenly appeared, snatched it away and remade it with a sophisticated design that exuded professionalism.

“It’s called .”

A viewer participation content where I compete against all the viewers in Battle Colosseum.

If I win, twenty random people will receive a 200,000 won worth goods package that will be released along with the members’ new outfits as a gift.

If I don’t win even once in ten games?

I will perform a karaoke punishment for two hours immediately after the content ends.

In other words, whether I am the F participant who took part in the illegal duet or not.

I’ve issued a challenge, saying they can find out if they want.

The intention seems to have worked, as the reaction was quite heated as soon as I finished the introduction.

— Let’s go

— For real?

— How can I wait for this ㅋㅋㅋ

— Is this a lie?

— Starting with lies again

— Yeah, I don’t believe you~

— How can I believe the boy who cried wolf again ㅋㅋㅋ

— Sigh, am I falling for this again?

— It’s not true ㅋㅋ

— There are only Majiya simps here so they’ve probably all fallen for it already

— Ma… jiya… Ma… Ma… jiya…

— Ddeu-dda-ddeu-dda-i…

— No lies

— Can we really request any song?

— Make. Her. Lose. No. Matter. What.

— ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You expect us to believe this?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

— You’re already dead

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— ㅋㅋ Have a glass of raw eggs and wait

— Here we go again, throwing out empty promises first

… ─ — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery ─ ─ — …

[This girl is at it again]

————— View on Z ——————

Parallel Parallel official KR☑ @Parallel_official_kr – 45 minutes ago

2025.02.19(MON) 18:00

*Rule 1: Majiya can only use shotgun and smoke grenades
*Rule 2: Viewers can use all weapons, only smoke grenades allowed for grenades

– If Majiya&Momo win: Random 20 subscribers (1st gen limited) receive new outfit goods package

– If Woldeungi wins: Majiya performs karaoke punishment (2 hours)

If I’m good at Battle Colosseum?

Participate and try to get the limited goods!

—————————————————

This is just new outfit promotion content in the end ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

She’s definitely not going to sing while twisting her whole body

I’d be an idiot to fall for it again

[Comments]

— Parallel912: I’ll fall for it one last time

— Parallel785: So you’re not going to watch the stream?

ㄴ Parallel311(Author): I’ll watch

ㄴ Parallel311(Author): But I won’t participate

ㄴ Parallel311(Author): Don’t think Majiya will properly do the punishment

ㄴ Parallel009: Hasn’t she kept her promises even though she wriggles out of things?

ㄴ Parallel009: There doesn’t seem to be many loopholes this time either lol

ㄴ Parallel311(Author): Actually I have to work overtime that day…

ㄴ Parallel009: So you were a new grape

ㄴ Parallel785: Just trust me, Parallel buddy

ㄴ Parallel311(Author): Please win

… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

… ─ — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery ─ ─ — …

[If it’s confirmed that Majiya=F through the singing]

Can we send a truck to Parallel demanding Majiya’s debut?

Honestly, if she sings that well, she should debut, right?

It’s nice that she’s streaming often these days

But it’s all situation room stuff…

I want to see Majiya playing games, singing, being flirty, and hanging out with us now

[Comments]

— Parallel004: If we fundraise for a truck, I’ll help load and unload to contribute money

— Parallel713: For real

— 🟦Parallel03: For real, she should debut

ㄴ Parallel949: ?

Parallel949: Is the mod Majiya debut meme not funny anymore?

ㄴ 🟦Parallel03: That person keeps stirring things up whenever people start to forget, what’s the point of pushing it

ㄴ Parallel021: Hahaha

ㄴ Parallel514: Damn hahaha

ㄴ Parallel812: The mod is really angry haha

ㄴ 🟧Parallel1: I’ll just release it

ㄴ 🟧Parallel1: The gallery owner is a troll so there’s no hope

ㄴ Parallel835: Hahaha Has the main mod given up too?

Parallel451: The gallery is ruined… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

Author’s Note (Afterword)

I’m sorry for being late…!

But today is a consecutive update, so Yeonseo…!!!!

Ah, ack ack please save me, ack